1Chapter 6

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Doctor Cameron came to check on Cristina so Burke had to leave the room. Cameron was new to the hospital and was one of the few people who was not aware of the relationship between his patient and Burke. The doctor was amazed at Cristina's recovery and told she that if she continues to improve she would be able to go home in a few days. When Burke returned to the room she was sleeping, so again he sat and he waited. He was looking through her chart when she woke up, she was still very weak but her voice was stronger. They just looked at each other for a long time and then she spoke. "Thank you" 'For what?'

'For being here.'

He looked at her and at that moment all he wanted to do was crawl into bed with her and hold her just like he did when she lost the baby. But he couldn't. There were too many tubes and he was afraid that he might hurt her. She looked very weak and pale and he had to listen very carefully to hear when she speaks.

He wanted to tell her that he loved her and that he would do anything for her but decided against it, instead he just said "you're welcome."

Meredith who was standing at the door cleared her throat and walked in the room, She asked Dr. Burke to give her a moment alone with Cristina. Burke left and went to find Dr. Shepherd and the chief. The news that Cristina was out of her coma was spreading around the hospital fast and people were staring at Dr. Burke as if he were some kind of miracle worker. He walked down the halls of the hospital just like he had done so many times before. He walked on the runway toward the chief's office and he passed the spot where she was standing the day she begged him not to tell the chief about their relationship. After his visit with the chief he went to see Dr. Shepherd but he was in surgery so he went back to Cristina's room. Meredith was there in her street clothes ready to go. She met Burke at the door.

'I have to go but Cristina needs something from her apartment could you come with me and bring it back to her?'

Burke agreed and set off with Meredith to what he believes was Cristina's apartment. Meredith drove to a quiet neighborhood not far from the hospital and pulled up in the driveway of what looked like a gingerbread house with a sign outside that read Home Daycare Services. She pulled up in a parking space, stopped the SUV and turn to Burke.

"I just have to pick someone up here. I'll be right back." Meredith left and soon returned one hand holding the hand of a little boy and a booster seat in the other. Burke was surprised, Meredith did not strike him as the maternal type but the boy seemed to be very attached to her and she seemed quite comfortable with him, as if they've done this many times before. The child had very striking features with curly black hair which seem too long and unruly for a child so young. The boy couldn't be more than three years old and Burke

thought that he looked very familiar but he couldn't have known him, this child would have been born after he left Seattle. Burke thought that maybe the child belongs to someone he knew

at the hospital and maybe Meredith was only doing someone a favor. He bend down to the child's level to say hello. Meredith just stood there watching them curiously, She knew that this child did not speak to strangers so she was fascinated to see how he would interact with Burke. The little boy looked at Burke curiously but didn't say anything. Burke was about to straighten up when the boy reached out and touched his face and said

"You have a dwimple in your chin just like mine."

Burke looked at Meredith for help, he was not sure what the child was talking about until Meredith pointed to her chin, then he understood. took a closer look at the child's face and for a moment he felt s shiver through his body and he was drawn into a conversation with the child with such ease "you're right you do have a dimple in your chin just like mine. You know my mom use to say it's a sign of stubbornness, are you stubborn? ."

The little boy began to laugh and Burke noticed that he had the whitest teeth. " my mommy says it's a very special dwimple."

Burke was just about to introduce himself to the boy when Meredith intervened, she bent down, took the boy's hand placed it in Burkes hand and said, "Dr. Burke, I'd like you to meet Christopher, Cristina's son, and to the child she said, Christopher, this is Dr. Burke, a friend of mine and a very special friend of your mommy's."